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To choose Jennifer Keesmaat as the next mayor of Toronto, you would ordinarily compare her virtues to her rival, John Tory. But these are extraordinary times. Despite a roaring economy, Toronto’s government was already in a delicate condition and is now under full siege. The newly elected Premier has some scores to settle against a…

NetGain has become identified with the cultural community because that’s where we started, in the arts. However, we quickly discovered that the challenges facing arts organizations were troubling organizations in other fields of non-profit management, as well as in government and the corporate sector. Soon, our work broadened from the performing and visual arts to…

In 2013, Dan Pallotta made a mess of the assumed function of charities by suggesting that society sets rules to disincentivize performance, to the detriment of all. One of his issues is executive compensation, which is constrained in the charitable world. It is virtually impossible for charities to attract, motivate, and keep the talent necessary…

I’ve been listening to some really smart people talk about the future of cities in the past few weeks. Although they all treat different themes from different perspectives, they are pretty consistent about how badly we anticipated today’s needs back when there was still time to lay out our cities differently. Underlying their scolding is…